DC: Top Articles Posted Week of February 2nd, 2026 Plus Upcoming Webinars By Date

Volume 334 Issue 4 - IT News You Can Use

IT News You Can Use

We promote many webinars in our daily and weekly newsletters which have 250,000+ subscribers. We track which articles and webinars are the most clicked on. These are the most clicked on upcoming webinars, grouped by event category.

Full issue is here: Volume 334, Issue 4

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1. 10 Ways To Grow As An IT Leader In 2026

2. 3 Decisions CISOs Need To Make To Prevent Downtime Risk In 2026

3. CIOs Must Reclaim Agency Over Our AI Future

4. The CIO Agenda For 2026

5. Cybersecurity’s New Business Case: Fraud

6. How Is AI Security Evolving For Better Protection?

7. From Quantum To AI Risks: Preparing For Cybersecurity’s Future

8. Cyber Insights 2026: Quantum Computing And The Potential Synergy With Advanced AI

9. 8 Ways To Use AI For Data Backup

10. Top 6 Data Breaches Of January 2026

11. The Complete Guide To Authentication Implementation For Modern Applications

12. What Makes Secrets Management Essential For Businesses

13. Cyber Insights 2026: Offensive Security; Where It Is And Where It’s Going

14. Q&A: Why Cybersecurity Is Now A Core Business Risk, Not Just A Technical Problem

15. Top AI Technology & Cybersecurity Podcasts To Follow In 202

16. Network Engineers Take On NetDevOps Roles To Advance Stalled Automation Efforts

17. The CIO Career Path Paradox

18. 75% Of Organisations Have Gaps In Core Security Controls, Research Finds

19. The 7 Essential Elements Of A Compliance Framework You Need To Know

20. A Practical Take On Cyber Resilience For CISOs

21. 5 Deepfake Detection Tools To Protect Enterprise Users

22. Human Risk Management: CISOs’ Solution To The Security Awareness Training Paradox

23. Stop Self-Hosting Your Password Manager - Do This Instead

24. AI Identity Threats Top Executive Concern, Preparedness Lags

25. How AI-Powered Learning Affects The IT Skills Gap

26. Cybersecurity And Business Needs: A CISO’s 2026 Outlook

27. 8 Best Linkedin AI Courses And Certifications To Take In 2026

28. When AI Fails: The New Reality Of Incident Management

29. As CIOs Focus On AI Integration, New AI Tools Complicate The Agenda In 2026

30. How Can Agentic AI Transform DevOps Security

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Upcoming Webinars

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Tuesday, February 10th, 2026

• Autonomous IT: Transforming Operations and Security in Real Time with AI (Feb. 10th)- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET

• ITEXPO (February 10-12) Ft. Lauderdale- 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM Thursday, Friday 12th

• Autonomous IT: Transforming Operations and Security in Real Time with AI (Feb. 10th)- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET

• Enterprise Communications Summit @ ITEXPO (February 10-12) Ft. Lauderdale- 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM Thursday, Friday 12th

Wednesday, February 11th, 2026

• Technology Executive Dinner - Boston, MA (Feb. 11th)- 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM ET

Thursday, February 12th, 2026

• Modernizing Mainframe Applications: From Monolithic Code to Modular Architecture (Feb. 12th)- 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

• How Agentic AI Transforms the Role of Storage (Feb. 12th)- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

• From Live Exploitation to Zero-Day Discovery: Investigating Attacks on Gogs (Feb. 12th)- 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM ET

Tuesday, February 17th, 2026

• Building a Platform for Velocity: Accelerating Adoption with Internal Developer Portals (Feb. 17th)- 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

• Deepfake: Empowering Your Users to Recognize What AI Can Fake (Feb. 17th)- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

• TechTalk Tuesday (Feb. 17th)- 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM ET

• From Reliable to Self-Optimizing: An AIOps Roadmap for Data Center Networking (Feb. 17th)- 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

• Rethinking Virtual Desktops for the AI Era (Feb. 17th)- 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Wednesday, February 18th, 2026

• AI-Powered Cloud Security Posture Management (Feb. 18th)- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Thursday, February 19th, 2026

• Beyond Cyberattacks: Evolution of Incident Response in 2026 (Feb. 19th)- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

• From Click to Compromise: Stopping Business Email Compromise at the Human and Identity Layer (Feb. 19th)- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

• From SIEM to Lakehouse: A Practical Path to SOC Modernization with Databricks & Anvilogic (Feb. 19th)- 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

• Technology Executive Dinner - Washington D.C. - Clyde’s of Gallery Place (Feb. 19th)- 5:00 PM to10:00 PM CT

Tuesday, February 24th, 2026

• Sitecore in the Stadium - Chicago, IL - United Center (Feb. 24th)- 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM CST + Game Time

Wednesday, February 25th, 2026

• Infosec Compliance Now (Feb. 25th)- 10:30 AM to 3:15 PM EST

• Google: Security Talks 2026: How Google Does It (Feb. 25th)- 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

• Soho House Series - Austin, TX (Feb. 25th)- 6:00 PM CT

Thursday, February 26th, 2026

• Beyond the Model: The Expanded Attack Surface of AI Agents (Feb. 26th)- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

• Technology Executive Dinner - Dallas, TX - Truluck’s (Feb. 26th)- 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM CT

• Technology Executive Summit - Denver, CO - Perry’s Steakhouse & GrilleTechnology Executive Summit (Feb. 26th)- 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM CT

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026

• The Prescriptive Path to AI Security: From Chaos to Scalable Governance (March 3rd)- 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

• Your ‘Pager’ Is Lying to You: Fixing On-Call, Alerts, and MTTR for Real (March 3rd)- 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Thursday, March 5th and Friday March 6th, 2026

• The Agile International Conference 2026 - Miami (March 5th & 6th, 2026)- 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM

Tuesday, March 10th, 2026

• The AI Code Wave: How to Use Intelligent Quality Gates to Prevent Reviewer Burnout (March 10th)- 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Thursday, March 19th, 2026

• Shields Up: Key Technologies Reshaping Cybersecurity Defenses (March 19th)- 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM

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